Estes Park's Dumont edges competition in contest

Special to the Trail-Gazette

Posted:
01/05/2013 10:19:59 AM MST

Theodore Dumont

On Dec. 8, 2012, Estes Park student and musician Theodore Dumont took 1st place in the Longmont Symphony Orchestra (LSO) Andrew D. Keller Youth Artist Competition. Regional students in grades 5 through 8 prepared solo concerto works for the judging panel and for a chance to perform with the Longmont Symphony. Theodore is in 8th grade at Estes Park Middle School and has been playing violin since the age of 5. He has studied under Barbara Barber here in Estes Park and is currently working with Alejandro Gomez-Guillen at the University of Colorado.

Last year, Theodore placed second at the same competition. His selection for this year's competition was de Beriot's Violin Concerto No. 9 in A minor (1st Movement). He will be recognized for his accomplishment at the LSO Family Concert on Jan. 26, along with the other podium finishers.

Throughout his young career, Theodore Dumont has been involved in local musical projects and theater, performing annually at the Community Church Melodrama and in the Rotary "Showtime" fund-raiser. He is a founding member of the Soggy Noodle Children's Theatre and has been in nearly a dozen productions. He is the current concert master for the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestra Philharmonic.

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